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Morfitts Building John Street Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 1JZ

HGT08/01648/CONDemolition in Conservation AreaApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 18 June 2008

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Conservation Area application for demolition of detached building (Revised Scheme).

Received
31 March 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Council
Harrogate
Ward
Low Harrogate
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.2 May
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 79 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Morfitts Building John Street Harrogate North Yorkshire HG1 1JZ. Harrogate has handled 764 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 weeks longer than Harrogate's typical decision time. The site is in the Harrogate conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 3,223 applications in total for the HG1 postcode area.

78% of heritage applications at Harrogate were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
HG1 1JZ
Application type
Demolition in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Harrogate

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2008
Consultation expiry
19 May 2008
Consultation start
11 April 2008
Consultation end
2 May 2008
Target decision date
26 May 2008
Committee meeting
17 June 2008
Permission expires
18 June 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent
Not Available. If this appears on the Comments tab please see the Documents tab for Letter of Representation not PA.
Agent address
The Old Twine Mill Low Laithe Harrogate HG3 4BU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 April 2008
Advertisement expiry
9 May 2008
Site notice start
28 April 2008
Site notice end
19 May 2008

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harrogate
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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